That one important event of your life for which everybody waits, either secretly or quite impatiently, is the wedding day. The ceremony of the wedding may involve just one day, but the wedding in actuality starts long before the day of the ceremony. Planning for a wedding generally starts almost a year ahead of the d-day. It is hectic, nonetheless, but at the same time, it is equally exciting, and allows the wedding planners to learn a lot. That one important aspect that one must keep in mind while planning a wedding, is the budget. Often the budget imposes the fierce challenge of having the dream wedding within that fixed budget. Hence, every factor of the wedding must be carefully planned keeping the budget in mind.
Now what is a wedding reception without a few guests returning home tipsy? Beverage is a very important factor during wedding receptions. A lot of researched planning goes into the wedding bar service planning. The first and foremost, factor to keep in mind is the budget allocated to the open bar. Next comes, the total number of guests in the reception. Thirdly, the choice of the range of alcohol is to be thought about.
The best way to plan for the bar cost, is to consider the consumption cost of per person. The planners must remember that it is a wedding reception party. Alcohol will flow like river. And since it is an open bar, people will drink freely. Hence, a person who normally does not drink more than one pint of beer may end up drinking two pints of beer, along with a large whisky or small vodka. Hence the assumed cost of consumption per person must be higher than the actual.
Choosing the type of alcohol is equally important. A bar stacked only with beer, whiskey or vodka is an absolute no show. One must remember that a huge variety of guests are coming in. Their preferences and moods may be different. And the choice of beverage on a particular evening depends a lot upon a person’s mood. Hence the bar must be well stacked with single malt whiskeys, a couple of scotch, quite a few vodka bottles, a little gin, some light rum, few breezers perhaps, a good number of packs of beer, and definitely some good wine. One must also not forget the champagne for the toast. The champagne however must be of one of the best affordable quality, since it forms an important part of the entire ceremony. The bar must also have a few non alcoholic drinks stacked just in case. Not all of them can be in the mood to drink.
To show the prudent side of yourself as a host, it must be made sure that there is the provision for lemons and strong coffee in the bar itself, in case somebody needs an emergency hangover remedy. The bartender is another important factor. He must be the one with magic in his hands. Bartenders, who can flip about the bottles, and do a few tricks, always, attract people. And his cocktails must be the ones to die for.
Let the open bar at the wedding reception be an eye candy. But at the same time, it must be ensured that nothing goes waste. After all, money and everything it buys is precious.